Henry L. Stimson Lectures on World Affairs: “America Confronts the Post-Imperial World: How, from Our Earliest Days, We Have Been Beset by Fear of Violence and Have Increasingly Put Our Faith in Military Force”

Event time: 
Monday, February 5, 2018 - 4:30pm
Location: 
Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Room A002 See map
77 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06520
Event description: 

The Henry L. Stimson Lectures on World Affairs and the The MacMillan Center present:

William R. Polk, foreign policy consultant, author, and professor of Middle Eastern studies:  “America Confronts the Post-Imperial World:  How, from Our Earliest Days, We Have Been Beset by Fear of Violence and Have Increasingly Put Our Faith in Military Force.

William R. Polk is a veteran foreign policy consultant, author, and professor of Middle Eastern studies. President Kennedy appointed Polk to the State Department’s Policy Planning Council where he served during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He has written a number of books, including: Violent Politics: Insurgency and Terrorism; Neighbors and Strangers: The Fundamentals of Foreign Affairs; Understanding Iraq; Understanding Iran;Distant Thunder: Reflections on the Dangers of Our Times; and Humpty Dumpty: The Fate of Regime Change.

Admission: 
Free
Open to: 
General Public